Hypothetical situation/criminal justice. What if the prisoners had to pay for their imprisonment?

Hypothetical situation/criminal justice. What if the prisoners had to pay for their imprisonment? I'm reading this book that takes place in England in 1746, this guy goes to debtor's prison.

Back then, they had to pay for their own incarceration, as well as pay restitution to whomever they owed. I was thinking, when did this change? Or was it ever that way in the U.S. that prisoners paid some restitution to their victims?

Certainly, a murderer can not restore someone's life, but he/she was to pay for his or her own time in prison, wouldn't that be somewhat of a situation where they could deter crime/(not make it so attractive to sit in prison with meals and cable) and get some kind of productiveness out of career criminals? I realize this is oversimplified and have no idea how it could be rectified, but just wondering what changed in the criminal justice system that paying for the crime is easier then going to school and getting a good job. Asked by truff 29 months ago Similar questions: hypothetical situation criminal justice prisoners pay imprisonment Politics & Law > Crime.

Similar questions: hypothetical situation criminal justice prisoners pay imprisonment.

That's not hypothetical. A number of governments do exactly that, mainly the despotic and dictatorial ones. (This could be Communist China's justification for selling the organs out of the executed prisoners; to help pay for the privilege of having incarcerated them.) Prisoners in the U.S. are often directed to pay some degree of restitution; one of my teacher's aides had been so directed and more than half of any money folks "donated" to him or that he earned as my aide ended up going to that restitution fund.

So we kind of do that here in the U.S., tho oddly. But the "what-if" can be seen for real. Notes that, "The Missouri law will make failure to pay one's incarceration-related debts a violation of parole.

" Then there's this from : "The court shall require a person who is actually received into custody at a jail facility or who is confined in a city or county jail or holding facility, for any offense, to pay the jail facility or holding facility the costs of incarceration, both before and after conviction, upon conviction or receiving a deferred sentence. " The thing goes on much longer than that, with details on how and where it's to be paid, including the only possible prisoner objection is if the number of days was wrong. They even have to reimburse for medical, and this is in Oklahoma.

The obvious implication is that the inmate pays or isn't paroled, and when released, still owes that money until paid or death, whichever comes first. The effect of this seems likely to be a nation of prisoners. Danielpauldavis's Recommendations Education's Prisoners: Schooling, The Political Economy, and the Prison Industrial Complex (Counterpoints: Studies in the Postmodern Theory of Education) Amazon List Price: $32.95 Used from: $32.93 Policy Consultation on the Rehabilitation of Prisoners (Parole and After-Care) : Jerusalem, Israel, 22-24 November 1972 Used from: $228.42 Nah.

We don't have any control over them if they actually clean up their lives ..

1 sorry to ask and run, but I was just pondering it and thought i'd get some other's opinions.

Sorry to ask and run, but I was just pondering it and thought i'd get some other's opinions.

2 I don't have anything productive to add to the discussion. I'm only posting because:A. ) I voted that I like your question and don't want others to think you clicked the button andB.) I want to see where the discussion goes.

I don't have anything productive to add to the discussion. I'm only posting because:A. ) I voted that I like your question and don't want others to think you clicked the button andB.) I want to see where the discussion goes.

3 You're somehow confusing debtor's prison with restitution. The concept of debtors prison was very carefully excluded from the laws of the United States.

You're somehow confusing debtor's prison with restitution. The concept of debtors prison was very carefully excluded from the laws of the United States.

4 "just wondering what changed in the criminal justice system that paying for the crime is easier then going to school and getting a good job. "The fallacy with this statement is that there are only a finite number of good jobs, regardless of how many people go to school - it just means more people are seeking a position than positions exist. Certainly, for "good jobs" there are generally more qualified people than jobs.So, getting more people educated and trained magical;ly creates more good jobs?

How exactly does that work? Because I'd like to see it in the recession/depression we are in now.

Just wondering what changed in the criminal justice system that paying for the crime is easier then going to school and getting a good job. "The fallacy with this statement is that there are only a finite number of good jobs, regardless of how many people go to school - it just means more people are seeking a position than positions exist. Certainly, for "good jobs" there are generally more qualified people than jobs.So, getting more people educated and trained magical;ly creates more good jobs?

How exactly does that work? Because I'd like to see it in the recession/depression we are in now.

Criminal Justice" "What is the rate of pay for an probation officer with an associates degree in criminal justice" "CRIMINAL JUSTICE" "A not-so-hypothetical situation. You answer a question. You're the first in.

Along comes the second answer.

What is the rate of pay for an probation officer with an associates degree in criminal justice.

A not-so-hypothetical situation. You answer a question. You're the first in.

Along comes the second answer.

I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.